The 2023 Florida Statutes (including Special Session C)

Title XXIII
MOTOR VEHICLES

Chapter 316
STATE UNIFORM TRAFFIC CONTROL

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F.S. 316.2025

316.2025 Following fire apparatus prohibited.—No driver of any vehicle other than an authorized emergency vehicle on official business shall follow any fire apparatus traveling in response to a fire alarm closer than 500 feet or drive into or park such vehicle within the block where fire apparatus has stopped in answer to a fire alarm. A violation of this section is a noncriminal traffic infraction, punishable pursuant to chapter 318 as a moving violation for following too close to a fire apparatus or as a nonmoving violation for parking near a fire apparatus.

History.—s. 1, ch. 71-135; s. 1, ch. 76-31; s. 155, ch. 99-248.

Note.—Former s. 316.095.

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Amendments to 316.2025

Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 316.2025

Level: Degree
Misdemeanor/Felony: First/Second/Third

Current data shows no reason an arrest or criminal charge should have occurred directly under Florida Statute 316.2025.

Civil Citations / Citable Offenses under S316.2025

R or S next to points is Mandatory Revocation or Suspension

S316.2025 Following FIRE apparatus WITHIN 500 feet - Points on Drivers License: 3

S316.2025 Parking WITHIN ONE BLOCK of FIRE apparatus - Points on Drivers License: 0

The 2023 Florida Statutes (including Special Session C)

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